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Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias

Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHELLE R. SMITHMay 14, 2021 GMT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory.
Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to Senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody in Philadelphia, who is overseeing the massive settlement. Former players who suffer dementia or other diagnoses can be eligible for a payout. ....

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Retired Black NFL players say brain-injury payouts discriminate

Retired Black NFL players say brain-injury payouts discriminate
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHELLE R. SMITH
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), Roger Goodell, speaks at a press conference announcing the 16 winners of the first round of the $20M Head Health Challenge, a research grant created by the NFL and General
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PHILADELPHIA - Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of race-norming to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory. ....

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Black Men Have Lower Cognitive Skills Than White Men, NFL Asserts In Brain Injury Lawsuits

Black Men Have Lower Cognitive Skills Than White Men, NFL Asserts In Brain Injury Lawsuits
On 5/14/21 at 5:07 PM EDT
Former NFL players who suffer from dementia or other brain injuries may be entitled to payouts under the NFL s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims but the league uses a scoring algorithm that requires former Black players to score lower for cognitive skills than their white counterparts to receive an award which has been called race-norming.
The settlement is overseen by senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody, who was handed 50,000 petitions on Friday by former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 61, and his wife Amy Lewis. The petitions call for equality in how former Black football players cognitive skills are evaluated in order to get a portion of the settlement. ....

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Hekmati: After Trump took office, I faced persecution from my own government

In the summer of 2011, Amir Hekmati was taken hostage by the Iranian government. He says he was visiting relatives and the birthplace of his parents for the first time in his life.
âHaving been born in Arizona, I grew up never having the opportunity to meet any of my relatives. I had never met my dozens of aunts, uncles, cousins at any point in my life, and they all eagerly wanted to meet me,â said Hekmati.
Hekmati, who was raised in Flint, Michigan and served as an infantryman and interpreter in Iraq before being honorably discharged from the Marines in 2005, says he went to Iran to visit an ailing grandmother after a brief, unsatisfying stint as a Defense Department contractor conducting intelligence analysis in Afghanistan. ....

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Ken Feinberg's law firm to oversee $500M Boeing 737 Max victim compensation fund

The Justice Department has tapped victim compensation attorneys Ken Feinberg and Camille Biros to oversee the $500 million fund set up for the families of victims of fatal plane crashes involving Boeing 737 Max Aircraft. ....

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